a Grand Officier of the Legion of Honour. Asser lived at The Old Vicarage, Hambledon, Hampshire. He was a member of the Army and Navy Club and an honorary member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society at the College of William & Mary, Virginia. In Who's Who he listed his recreations as shooting, fishing and golf. He was married in 1901 to Leila, daughter of James Wotherspoon of New York; they had one daughter. He died on 4 February 1949. References 1867 births 1949 deaths British Army generals Governors of Bermuda Egyptian pashas British Army personnel of the Mahdist War British Army generals of World War I Dorset Regiment officers Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Recipients of the Order of St. Anna Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie, 2nd class Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) Recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium)